Sure, [not an expert, wild-arse opinion alert] white people would be popular in India for the same reason too (though a blond and white friend of ours who married a fellow from a remote village in Tamil Nadu, once told us her funny stories about how the villagers would come by to look at the ghostly lady ;-)), but I was guessing that in this case the reasons may be simpler. For example, the fitness store had pictures of white people working on various equipment -- I guess such pictures are more readily available given the longer history of such products being advertised in the West. But I could be wrong...
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Yoshie, I am sorry but that Indian dude is not very good looking! The hottie these days in India is this chap:
http://images.indiaglitz.com/hindi/wallpaper/ACTOR/JohnAbraham/John_3_1024.jpg http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/images/john_abraham_big.jpg http://www.sulekha.com/Movies/wallpapers/John%20Abraham/800-600/JOH20030719-3_800-600.jpg
A PETA spokesperson to boot:
http://www.petaindia.com/newads/HIN_AD.jpg
--ravi
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